PRESENT FOR DISNEY SAMANTHA, KATIE AND NAOMI

There are a gazillion of these wild flowers growing here in western Washington. This morning after playing at the indoor playground Mimi decided to pick these flowers for her long time Disney friends.

Mimi: Mama, I have a surprise for you (hands are behind her back)

Mama: What is it?

Mimi: Close your eyes.

Mama: What is it?

Mimi: These! This is for my Disney Samantha, Katie and Naomi!!! They live far away.

Almost everynight papa shows Mimi on her map where all of her California friends live.

SWIMMING LESSONS

Mimi absolutely loves her swimming lessons. Ms Gretchen is a great teacher but unfortunately Kinderswim is quite costly as opposed to the aquatic center which is only half the price of kinderswim. Mama found out a bit too late. So for the remainder of this month of May we will finish out with kinderswim then starting next month we will move on to the aquatic center.

TWO COOL CHICKS

This picture was taken upon arriving at Kinderswim. Mimi was listening to none other than Alvin and the Chipmunks on the way there and had to put on her "rockstar" glasses.

By accident mama found out that her camera also takes videos without the sound. Unfortunately mama has not quite figured out how to put it on the blog. Doggone it!!! Oh well, I guess I'll just have to wait till papa gets home so that he can explain it to this computer dummy.

SCHOOLYARD ARGUMENTS

Yesterday mama and Mimi went over to see how grandma was feeling. While there mama relayed the following story to grandpa. It seems that Mimi and her school friend Jackie had a quarrel at school last Friday. Ms Hedman (teacher) said that she did not know how it got started other than the fact that the two girls were crying. So she sat them both down at the table and had Mimi and Jackie talk things out between them. According to Mimi, Jackie was "bugging me while I was trying to concentrate". Jackie is a smidgen older than Mimi also taller. They both have the take charge personalities. They eventually hugged and made up. They are now once again the best of friends. When mama finished the story, grandpa says "who won the fight?"

GAME AND STORY OF THE WEEK

For several weeks the game was tic tac toe. Now everything is the hokey pokey. Instead of mama telling a bedtime story to Mimi. Mimi likes to tell mama a bedtime story of "Jack And The Beanstop". Somehow the Disney Princesses get mixed into the story of Jack and the beanstop. What an imagination this kid has.

WAITING IS HARD TO DO

Mimi absolutely loves her new booster seat. She loves the fact that she can buckle and unbuckle herself. The problem is when we reach our destination she will unbuckle herself before mama stops the car. Mama and Mimi has had their discussion on this matter. Mimi says that "waiting is hard to do though".


Mimi also absolutely loves her swimming lessons. Ms Gretchen is a very good teacher. She is very nice but yet firm. We get there early with usually 10 minutes to spare. Mama still has to learn how to put the foams on correctly. Mimi cannot wait for the class to start. She will ask "mama, is the big hand on the 12 yet?". Finally the time has come for the previous class to leave. Then Mimi will ask me "mama, what is taking her (teacher) so long?!" Mama tells Mimi that she needs to be patient and wait for Ms Gretchen's instructions. Again Mimi will exclaim "waiting is soooooo hard to do!!!"

It's tough to be a kid sometimes I suppose. Oh well que sera sera.

ANOTHER KODAK MOMENT

Today Mimi got all dressed up for grandma's birthday lunch. She is wearing her one and only dress that she owns that was given to her by one of mama's BFF Billie on Mimi's 4th birthday. Then it was a little big on her. Now it fits just right. When we found out that grandma was not feeling well and cannot come today, mama asked Mimi if she wanted to change and wear her usual favorite pants, Mimi replied by saying no. Mama nearly fainted. Then when mama asked Mimi if she would like to go out and purchase some really nice summer dresses that she saw at the store, again Mimi replied no. She still prefers to wear pants. That's when mama came back to reality.